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Holcomb’s perfect start over; Hefti wins 2-man

The Columbian
Published: January 2, 2014, 4:00pm

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Beat Hefti and Alex Baumann of Switzerland won a World Cup 2-man bobsled competition Friday, ending American pilot Steven Holcomb’s seven-race overall winning streak to start the season.

Hefti and Baumann finished two runs in 1 minute, 52.68 seconds. Russia’s Alexsandr Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda were second in 1:53.14. Cory Butner won his second medal of the season for the U.S., teaming with Chuck Berkeley to finish in 1:53.15 and take the bronze, a mere 0.01 seconds away from winning the silver.

Holcomb and teammate Steven Langton struggled in their first run with only the ninth-best time and wound up finishing seventh overall in 1:53.45.

Nick Cunningham and Justin Olsen of the U.S. were 12th, doomed by a mistake-filled second run after being tied for fourth at the midway point of the competition.

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